Carpet-beater.



A. n. BENNETT & J. H. HUNTER.

CARPET HEATER. APPLIOATIOI FILED FEB. 24,'190B.

973,847. Patented Oct.25, 1910.

. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. ARTHUR E. BENNETT, 0F BUFFALO, AND JAMES H. HUNTER, 0F WILLIAMSVTLLE,

NEW YORK, ASSIGNOBS 0F ONE-THIRD '10 GEBBITT W. POST, 0F KENMORE, NEW

YORK.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ARTHUR E. BEN- NETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, and JAMES H. HUNTER, a subject of the King of England, and residing at Williamsv1lle, in the county of Erie and State of New York,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Carpet- Beaters, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is the production of an inexpensive and efiicient car et beater which permits of delivering an e cotive blow without liability of in uring the hands and avoids the necessity of stooping unduly when beating a carpet on the ground and which can be compactly folded for shipping and storing.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a carpet beater embodying our improvements. Fi 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a ragmentary vertical longitudinal section showing the hinge or pivotal connection between the head and handle. Figs. 4 and 5 are cross sections in lines 44 and 5-5, Fi 2, respectively.

Similar letters of're erence indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The beater consists generally of a handle A and a head B pivotally connected with the handle. By thus pivotally connecting the head and handle the head can engage fiatwise with the carpet while the handle inclines upwardly at an angle to the head, as shown in Fig. 1, thereby enabling an effective blow to be delivered upon the carpet without liability of injuring the hand and without necessitating undue stooping as is the case when the handle and head are rigidly connected in line with each other.

The head is of open-work or skeleton form and preferably'has its main part constructed of a single piece of wire which is bent zigzag or serpentine to form a plurality of loops 0 which are arran ed in an annular row or series. The big ts of the several loops are at the outer ends thereof and the inner ends of the arms or branches of adjacent loo s are connected while the throats or mout s at the inner ends of the several loops open into a central space at bounded by the loops, as shown in Fig. 2.

In order to avoid distortion of the loops Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 24, 1908.

CARPET-HEATER.

Patented Oct. 25, 1910.

Serial No. 417,511.

of the head the branches or arms of each loop are connected by a tie or hinder which preferably consists of a bar e extending across the throat or mouth of each loop and having eyes 7, [at its opposite ends which embrace or receive the ad acent portions ofthe arms of the respective loop, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4.

The ends g, g of the wire of which the main part of the head is constructed are twisted together, as shown ath in Fi 2.

Various means may be employed or pivotally connecting the head and handle, that shown in the drawings for example being suitable for this purpose and consisting of a pair of hinge eyes 11 formed on the extremities of the ends 9 of the head wire, a coupling shank J constructed of a piece of wire which is bent, folded or doubled into U- shape and seated with its bight in a longitudlnal socket k formed in the front end of the handle, a pair of hinge eyes Z arranged on the outer ends of the branches or arms of the coupling shank and on aging with the eyes of the head, and a 511mg piece, wedge or block m secured by driving, gluing or otherwise in the bight of the coupling shank within the socket of the handle. This manner of connecting the head and handle is very substantial and is not liable to be come loose by the jerking to which the same is subjected while in use.

The two pairs of cooperatin hinge eyes are arranged side by side and ermit the head to move flatwise toward an from the handle but hold the head firmly against twisting or turning in any other direction relatively to the handle. By this means the movement of the head is under perfect control of the o erator enabling him to always deliver an e ective flatwise blow of the head against the carpet.

For the purpose of securing compactness when shipping or storing the carpet beater, the head may be folded against the handle, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1.

We claim as our invention:

1. A carpet beater comprisin a handle, a head connected with said han le and consistin of an annular row of loops which are close at their outer ends and each of which has a throat at its inner end, and means extending across the throat of each loop and connecting with the branches of the respective loop, substantially as set forth.

2. A carpet beater com rising a handle, and a head pivoted on sai handle and consisting of an annular row of loops which are closed at their outer ends and each having a throat at its inner end, and a tie bar extending across the throat of each loop and having eyes at its op osite ends which encircle the branches 0 the respective loop, substantially as set forth.

3. A carpet beater comprising a handle having a socket in its front end, a shank constructed of a piece of wire which is doubled into U-shape and inserted with its bight in said socket and provided at its ends ARTHUR E. BENNETT.

JAMES H. HUNTER.

Witnesses:

THEo. L. POPP, ANNA HEIGIS. 

